Gov. Brown gives fast-track status to Apple headquarters

"Apple's state-of-the art campus brings at least $100 million dollars in investment to California and generates no additional greenhouse gas emissions," Brown said in a statement to this newspaper, listing two of the requirements Apple had met to qualify under the law. "On-site fuel cells and 650,000 square feet of solar panels will provide clean, renewable energy for more than 12,000 Apple employees on the new campus."
— siliconvalley.com

I wrote that, not ryan! i'm not even referring to the transportation emissions. net zero buildings are only 'zero carbon' or emission free' if the building is completely disconnected from the grid (battery storage) or if they actually produce significantly more energy than they consume. sure, you can make up your own voodoo electron math and claim it's such, but because of how dirty the grid is (and issues of drawing power timelines v. produced energy timelines) emission free is a f*cking myth. makes for great marketing, though...